The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-11-25
tariff for revenue and reciprocity q

tariff for revenue and a reciprocity q
trade. $3.50 = --.-.- ~ ~ -
There wasa time when Lord Chat
ham declared this country had no right
to make a nail or horseshoe, and Lord
Sheffield said that it was Of no use but
to consume England's surplus goods.
This is the foreign doctrine of rcci-
procity to-day. Would it not DO well
for the free foreign traders to examine
the statistics and figures on the growth
and industrial development of this
country from 1860 to 1SSO-for twenty
years? In 1860 our population was
81, 44S. 321; capital invested in manu-
featuring. $1.OlO, 900. 600; number Of
factories, II, 1870; laborers employed In
all kinds of manufacturing. 1872, 2Z7;
the amount of wages paid employees.
$500. O0O. 600; average per day for men,
women and children, 60 cents. This
was under a tariff for revenue and after
nearly 100 years of national growth.
In 1880 our population was so. 155, 7SS,
an increase of 80 per cent; laborers
employed in manufacturing increased
so per cent; invested capital. $50. 408s-
OO0 900. an increase of 81 per cent;
the number of factories. 100000.
twelve times as many as in 1860; the
number employed. 2.73S. 500. an in
crease of 50 per cent; wages paid.
1896, 900, 900. averaging for men, wom-
en- and children, SLIP per day, or $46
yearly more than in 1860. In 1880 the
number of farms was 4.OO8. 9O7, an in
crease of 80 per cent. over 1860; value
OF farms, $lO,197, O96.176, nearly 90
per cent. increase over 1880. The value
of our imports from 1S4S to 1861 was
So, 800. SIG, 691; our exports for the
same time were $2.924.543. 721; the
balance of trade against us for four
teen years of a revenue tariff was
s465. 927. go From 1873 to 1888.
under only partial protection. our
imports Of merchandise were &C.,
3O5. SS1. AS. our exports $7.4S2. 76&-
S2l; balance of trade in our favor 81
lie, SS7, 351, which looks as if we were
entitled to q surplus. In 1882 we made
II. 877, 767 tons of steel rails-none in
1860. In 1860 we produced 10000. 600
tons of iron ore; in 1880 900, 900. GOO
tons. In 1880 we had 100. COP miles of
railroad; In 1860 $4,000 miles. In
1880 our National wealth was $50. Co.,
OcO. 900; in 1860. S16 OOO. 100000. To-
day we produce 1900, 100000 bushels
of cereals; in 1860 we produced 643,-
OOO. 900 bushels. In 1860 we produced
$4,000. 900 pounds of wool; in 1888.
$780, 900, 900 pounds. Besides this there
has been a proportionate increase in
cotton, tobacco and coal. In ten
years we have paid the foreign manu-
facturers of sugar $500. 0O0.0 900. There
is no one who doubts but it could have
been all produced here if it had ado
quate protection.
The above statistics disclose the in
crease i'm wealth and Industrial devel
opment of this country under twenty
years of partial. not full. protection
as our tariff laws were not stringent
enough when framed to prevent fraud
ulcnt evasions which have proved very
injurious to various industries. Tariff
for revenue is not protection. Many
important branches of industry have
no protection. A tariff that does not
prevent ruinous foreign competition
is failure. There is no standing
room between free trade and full pro-
lection. 1t would be rs wise to try to
dam Niagara Falls as to protect our
industries by tariff for revenue. There
are a few that are making efforts to Sc
cure free raw material to enable our
manufacturers to compete with tho
foreign manufacturers for the Zulu
trade. Free raw material always has
proved and always will prove as in
furious to our national prosperity as
the manufactured goods made from
the same material Foreign COMPETE
ton means low prices and low wages,
and low scale Of civilizat:al.-Cor.
Troy IN. ~ Times.